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SrW-tl-V-e LIST OP LETTER3 i -v-a-t Sr5" MORNING, JANUARY 7, 1851. PRICEgONE CENT. Reported for the Baltimore Sun.J ProreeHtlngs of trie Maryland' Const ltn ttonal Iteform Convention. Annapolis, Jan. 6, 1630, The convention met.

President Chapman in Un chair. Mr. Smith offered an order for assembllnfr at ten, and taking np the order of the day tt o'clock, which was laid on the table. On motion, the order of the day-being a motion to reconsider the vote rejecting a rtsolution for the reporting of debates was postponed until tovmor rev, The delegates thereupon repaired to the Bsnate chamber the president, preceded by the ser. geant-at-arms, (Dr.

Booth,) with his staff of office. After the ceremonies of inaugurating the new Go. vernor. (E. Louis Lowe,) the convention re-assembled.

Mr. Jenifer offered a resolution, requesting of Go-vernor Lowe to furnish a copy of his inaugural address, and that 5,000 copieB of it be printed; which was adopted, end the convention adjourned. Miscellaneous. Gov. Thomas removed his family from this city on Friday, and becomes a citizen of Baltimore, as forraeijy announced.

This departure was done with a view to have the government house put in necessary condition for the use of his successor. The Governor elect, Mr. Lowe, with his family, arrived in the ears last ai-rht, from Fre. derick. and took noESexaimi rf "the tarhttn hnnne fin i JS'nn a yrry-? VOL XXVIII.

NO. 42. INAUGURAL ADDRESS GOATRXOR LOWE In the Senate Chamber Rt Annapolis, at noon yesterday, the Hon. Enoch Louis Lowe, Governor eleet 'of Maryland, appeared, and in presence of the members of the Reform Convention, the ofibers of the Stnte, and a large assemblage of citizens, took the oath of office, which was administered hy Chancellor Johnson, after which he delivered the following inaugural addresst FtUow-Citixtns; By the free saffrajre of Maryland, I have been called to preside over her affairs, as chief Executive Ofitieer. In approaching the duties and responsibilities of such an exalted position, I cannot be insensible to my deficiency.

Indeed, no man can well be rf girded, in the beginning, as entirely competent to the arduous task of directing the machinery of our S'ate Government. The most gifted of the many distinguished men who have preceded me, (and to follow in whose footsteps would be no easy undertaking,) have, no doubt, found the first entrance into this office embarrassed by a host of unanticipated difficulties. With a ponderous debt pressing down upon the energies of our people, and a most extensive and intricate system of internal improvements, (the almost entire supervision of devolves, directly or indirectly, upon the Chuf Magistrate,) the department of Government thi3 day commi'ted to my charge, is one full of toil, solicitude and patient endurance. 1 believe that in- tcgriiy of purprse, hnnuess and laborious zeal, con sthute the proper standard by which the ad ministration of the Executive office should be measured; and I entcit iin the hope, that at the expiration of my term, I sha'l have no cause to shrink trum the application of tiiis test to my omcial con duct. For the matured opinion of the people I have ever entertained the profouhdest respect; and hence their approbation will always be regarded by me (next to the sanction of my own conscience) a3 the most desirable recompense for the pains and penalties at tached to every public station.

A rihtly con stituted mind knows no ambition beyond the faithful dlsehfiree of duty, and the C'Tsequent approval of the good and wise. Errots cf judgment will never tail to meet with a lenient criticism, where aa intel lijent people c.n discern that the motives of action wee irreproachable. Placing such a firm reliance, therefore, in the iustioe and liberality of ray fUiow-citiz-ns, 1 feel less embarrassed than I otherwise tfhoui-J, in entering upon the discharge of the high trim which they have been pleased t-j confer upon me. My predecessors, who were inducted into office in tne presence of the General Assembly of Maryland, have usually given to the iniugural atiaress sometMtig oi the character ot the enn'tal message; geners irile as most conducive inreresrs trse Sute; and inviting the wisdom of Lie representatives of people to iiie consideration of its practical dsvelopuieat. In contemplation of the amended constitution, I am inaugurated by, and in the presence aoieiv of, the Honorable the Chancellor of Maryland; which would, perhaps, render inipnro-priate a mode of address.

will be my nicssu-e, well as my duty, hereafter, to commu nicate to the Letrislature of the Sate the views of public policy which I entertain, and to co-operate with them in all measur-rS caleu'tttdto promote the happiness scd power of tne Commonweilth. Between now and the next meetirg of the (ienernl Assembly, many changes in our condition occur; and therefore, ueem it prudent, at this time, not to anticipate the future, but, rather, to rf st upon the present. And, indeed, the present itself is pregnant wita e-iuse3 of congratulation and hope. But a few years ago, "and the pride and honor of Maryl jj.d were cbscured by the gathering clouds of repuditttioa. Men of high personal character and private integrity were found, in every section of the wno boldly maintrined that a debt, contracted withor.t the sanction of the constitution, and to the great detriment cf the people, was not binding upon the public consciense, and should, therefore, oe repuiiited.

Unused to the harshness and rigor of a direct a portion of the people, in the Be-trinning filtered. Neither the iniirect. tax of the federal government, laid in the form of a tariff of duties, and therefore imperceptibly levied, nor the ordinary revenues of the State, had prepared our citizens for the direct and palpable burdens imposed for the payment ot tiie State debt. It was quite in or.formiry, tt-erefore, with the imperfection and weakntiss of human nature that they should be when, for the first time, the terrible panorama ntheia trills and sicrifiees was unfolded to their view. At the period when the scheme of our internal improvements was devised, it is a matter of history trtat the extravagant and almost delirious reveries of distinguished and well-tried public men absolutely overthrew the public judgment, and created wild delusion scarcely by the dreams of orieniai imagination.

The people were told that instantaneous wealth and power were within their rasp; that millions upon millions of public debt might safely bi incurred, as tne returns of the m-v'esunenta would bj certain und immediate; and that, for all time thereafter, Maryland would be treed cf even the light burden which she had borne from the beginning; whilst, from her exhaustless treasury, perennial streams of gold should flow, oearing upon their bosom, into the remotest sections of the State, the blessings of knowledge and refinement. jch were the promises made to, and sacn the expectations cherished by the people of Maryland in 1536-7. Although no express popular sanction was antecedently given to the crea'ion of the public debt, nevertheless it cannot be doubted that it was virtually approved by the contemporaneous and subsequent acquiescence of the people; and is, consequently, upon every principle of honor and justice, as binding upon the State as any private obligation can poasiolv be upon an individual. Still I have ever been dispoEed to re'rard, with tender consideration, whilst wholly disapproving of, the temporary inr Imposition manifested by some to sus'ain the faith of the State. But now how truly gratifying is the position which Maryland occupies before the face of the world! Reflection (than which nothing more ws required from the commencement.) opened the eyes r.f the people to the plain path of duty marked out for them; snd though th-ir limbs tottered beneath the weight of the burden, their unconquerable resolution bore them onward, until, gathering constaat encouragement by the way, tney have nearly reached the summit of their honest aspirations.

The voice of repudiation can no ioEger be heard within the limits of Maryland. Those who acted from the belief that the debt was unconstitutional, have ling aince yielded their opposition; and those who deniird the practicability of an adequate ani permanent system of direct taxation, have lived to fiijoy the patriotic gratification of witnessing the complete refutation of their i jubts, in the admirable su certs of tne present policy. Not only is Maryland paying, with rig-id punctuality, the interest on her principal debt, But she is steadily preparing herself, tnrough the medium of her siuki ist fund, and by the judicious application other surplus revenue, for the ultimate liquidation of the whole. At the ime time we find that her two main enterprises arefullof eneouragerneritaud hope. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad company, with'an energy nnd singleness of purpose which reflect great credit upon the patriotic! and enlightened citizens who control its operations, is pushine on the western terminus, under obstacles and difficulties that nothing but a determined spirit could surmount.

The Cnesapeake and Ohio Canal, the source of so much anxious legislation, and the history of which is a continued series of trials and disappointment, has, at length, under the guidance of its devoted erul intelligent Oifieers, after a long Kgony, been safely brought t- a state of completion; wnich, if it docs not fully realize the calculations of the original in my humble judgment, extravagant aud" baeeless) policy, which designated the Ohio river aa its western terminus, nevertheless, cannot fail to become the fruitful source, in time, of great to the State, ia the development of her ex- as iu a 1 of is fclMAINUfa IN THE BALTIMORE POST-OFF-CK, January 7th, 1851. CSeiahy published in she paper hvmj the Wrg.it drew Wuoa. LADIES' LIST A dime Fidelis' Edmonds A Knight Sar AraitrajMn Ftntrei iKernaai Mrlh Reidre Lt Root Jane Shemmack Sherwood Car Starh Ctmr Simwr A Sewell Ma crater r-iary Lioa JMin AceereParA t'ro'k F.Un Lsx Virar Ahbett MaryD Fury Baaria Loof 1arg Alanter Mary Fivnn Sarah A L.i3rman A Palter Jnse'e Flinn IVlarrt Lee A Foetcn Marc-Ft Furs-urscm Line-enfelrer Fco.t S.trnh frown AdI Fiovd Ware Linn N.arte Sturtrt Annit Ptookt Fee! Bidjet Lumry Mt Stern Car Baker Han A Filr-ert Cath A Swsno MaryE Bee June Fornvthe Sar LockermsnMl Smith Marr EliaL Griffith Mrs Lsndry Fliia Sears Saroh Boyd Mrs Cpt Led.uEon F. Pehafler GoMammer Se I.ecourt len Sumalt A xoonis; Ana Btrnee Anna Eershe.ar Va OOtX lrri.til Macau'y Re Stoops Murrav Ag- Srci-h MeSeever Set ithson Maci Jin Em Schirkhnrdt Mary Side Mri 8 MaxSeid Phii 5.am Morfjii Mary Shipper A rVtePuddsn SS S-orm C'e fc Siiiplev Lsdia VIeelr- Vr Stack et Ad el McCIauahan Sorrel! Miss A Gorman Or 3in BTaria iarr A An Fnckihj-hamV! Grih Isabel FraJtrraw Go: to Char Btttier Bridjet oladson Fteb Ee'l larrr Gatibert SI A Pecker Harsh burster Clatke Jane A Craver -Holbrcok Chr Ca rv Fauny Hoard ra IVIary Taskerjane CttrkeaiM ASiJiioMP Tar Sarah I nsrehmanHJ Kill earv A Micoy larth Tocl ntt Co ltni Sk Haine Car A "aci Sir Thr.nton A Cairns Mrs Mary Tamer Care Heity Hijh Sarah VeKsw Eh'i Thompson Isa fc. riti-ter t-m 31 Tavior Sua a CottiEjhamSA Hildren Marchal Thomas Church A Har iy Cath Moore Msrv Eliza Norris Ellen Veedr Ann Wirt Ndaon Elis Wil'iami Aura Wiiirw 'ar O'Lcnjhiia Fr Woodturn Pitcher Lanri Wriaht Herbert He ey Coley H-.

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W. Koliid.ay Btreet Brewery. Lerttrs are nrt advertised, but a rr annscripf lis of ttiose rerjoatmn on hand my ta seen in the lobby of the Fos'-Oifice. JCPersone ealHcjr for ls.trs in th abovs list will please sav tney ere advertised, otherwise they mas siot receive j'aT -Jt CMARiiES i. LiADDOI, P.

M. DIXY GOODS. Ac. BRY GOODS AT A GREAT SACR FICK. We THIS DAY olosin? out our Winter Ptock, to which we c-f the atter.tnn of the public, v-z: si'iDPr Lions; Bianket Sitatvis, S2 2.5; Castas-.

18: S5 jackets tor .3 55 cts. M. de Laines for ISf aLd 16 black and v-hd 10 16 h'hirt'iis SjrijwB, 61 with, a ertit variety ci other G.kmIs. J. P.

HANSEN, No. 2 Pratt street, bettreea Hatjover and har? Et. yi e-'St" raTREAT BAR'JMNS JAMKS A. VI 113 N. ST-.

is CLOSING OUT Fall and Wtxtkr STOCX of DRV GOODS, at ereatiy re laced pt ices, some of whch ere jard wid brown and Heachexi MUSLINS -r 6t cen's: fat-t col'd Caiiojeg, eo-d etyle I Ijiitiea from 12j to 13 ccn's; lrenctt nd Ene'ish Merir.oes und Cot'ttrg CLOTHS, hennttfui MarjdN and Bonr.et Veivcts, with b.k and cha-iceabie DtiES SILKS. The above, with rt tier Goody, wi 1 be at aviy terms fr casii. j'l-Gt GRKATI-t BARGAINS JLI in DRY GOODS cau be foticd at the ivetr store. No. N.

GAY as there has just bpn rfccivea fine assr.rtmertt rf a'i Gotids adapted to the fteasun, among which are sJ Connet Velvets: black and chMEeabie SILKS: Frenoh n-tid F.CElieh Merinoes an CobiTZ Cloths; Da Lames'- lift CAtirjnesat cents; browa ard MUSLINS, bf cents, with a variety of ever; thing in the liae, which will be sold at low prices. jfi-3t 4JIIIRTING rR 1 NTS," PR KM. KETS, CHAH RON. FIELD yt. 17 S.

CHAtiLES STRKET, Have just reur stt U-s Fa! I RirerRnd SHIRTING PRINTS; Tutkey Rei Prints and L'aai'iiaereen. U.uMe Prrpl Irih LINENS: '''ia Crtsh snti Dmre-F. White and Scarlet LANNF.I.S, praiW. hi.u twilind Flnnnels; Aci' ai4niis. O'rt Co'ttn TABLF.

LOVKKrtllfi tM. To close lf the balance f-f our s'orkof SUA WL1, Beaver acd Cl-'ths B.aaikets, if tf BLANKETS! BLANKETS'! received a (aree lot of si ed A TS at IT ART'S SAVLNtfS' INSTITUTION. Also. FUR TIPPETS to be bo id 12 i centa. A few lares e'Tt LO-vG SHAWLS nt jt cheap CAR PETING, i cases of STHAW BONNETS jost ooeninzcotne and sse with an endless vanetT of Dry "Goods, Ribbons, and Flowers; Lediss' Dfss Goods of everir deriortpiioc; Cassttner and C'oths for wear: a'f size HI mar HAR'l'S SAVINGS' INSTITUllON, 16 Leaciazton -tteet.

j3-Tr2t between HouarJand Eii'atr. MKjOGTlS, OLD GOODS. Fi' lToojis; JN DRY GOODS, AND ALL SORTS OF GOODS Just opened at tae Poat c-tore. Corre aad see joiti-sclves; thsv are to be no mistake. The baejams that were sold dtir.ns last week ain't a bettmnins townatwii! be sold or pivea esrae this week, fir room I want, and room must, be Blade lor more jiK-dd.

Don't ad at nnoe. N. B. All those ladies that couldn't enter the Red Post Store drtniif list week, la consequence ol the imrnerse crowd, will p'eae ca'l this werk trier wis.ii Basain. Dn't forest A.

V. HOUCK'S. Red Foot StoTe, I-eiinf oa etrtrt, jA tft wo diors East of I'garl street. rrlEnDH: T.X CI E1FNT. I A YAHDFOR SPLENDID.xew TLB sS I A I ES.

us trecei ved, fedirjerert Ptyies teauttfaJ de. Laine.at llj is: 1 raise Mourm re t'uliooes. 64 cen's. worth four cases tXst colored Calicoes, tit eems; .1 esses British Lon-Cloth 10 ce.ta, worth 10 bales and cases of black and brown Muslins, at 6t cents: Casai-mcrsand Cassinets, at half pnee; hfavy Blar.kotp. at i a pair; 3 cases of beautilul Chintz Calioo.

li cents; biack A'paca, cents the best in t'uvn at 50 cents; Irish Ltnens, 314 and 50 cents: together with worth of Stixik Goxi, at 5) cents inthadol'ar, and to be sold at ail any price the will bnus. The ladies of Oid Town, Fell's Point, and every utiier part of the town, are invited to cail at onoie and pecure the barzaiDS, aa the (too-is must be sold oa-lmmpdiatcij. HAMMOND Oiieap Cash Store, right Oil tha comer Pearl and Lexington bhta and white awsmi in front. g. Do not miss ths Etore, as great Ltirija'us may be es pgcted.

Jr 1,000,000 I II PC IT ED GOOO MEDIUM r'5l O-rei C7 i. A BALTIMORE, TUESDAY a democratic form of government; but, in the spirit of enlightened progress, it is our duty to aim at a constant approximation, in practice, to the maxims of the republican theory. Nearly all admit and cherish the doctrines that, in the original organization of society, each individual surrenders but so much of natural right as is required for the general welfare and good government of the whole body politic; that the greatest good of the greatest number i3 the only true test which can be sppiied in estimating how far the go? vernmental policy adopted, may conform to, or depart from the implied terms of the sorial compact; that, from necessity find right, the power of government must rest in the will of the majority of the people, as it would be unreasonable to confer it upon a minority; but that, for the protection of the minority from- the impulsive tyranny of numners (without throwing them back upon the right cf revolution under excessive grievance,) it is just and expedient to restrain the arbitrary will of the ma jority within express constitutional limits, that, in the ultimate analysis, however, the majority must rule, because they have the right and the power to alter the form of government, or establish another in its stead, else the right and power are nowhere lodged; and, therefore, that although, whilst the jousjuiunon is in iorce, tne wnoie Doay pontic is oouna to respeet its provisions, it can, nevertheless expressing its will in the only practicable form, tnrougn tne action or a majority ot its members, niier, auousii, anu create uic organic iawatpiea snre. It follows, first, that it is our duty, in obedience to ine implications ot tne social compact, to extend to the citizen the widest individual freedom, consistent with the erjual social rights of all. It fol lows, also, that, to the citizensat large, should be accorueu to rue exercise ot tne most extended privilege, which can safely be entrusted to the wisdom of the ballot-box, not only in regard to the regulations of their governmental policy, but likewise as relates to the choice of their public functionaries.

And.it is also clear to my judgment, that they, or a majority of them, have the unquestionable right to seek the fruition of this privilege, as they have done, by the call of a Convention, to remodel the Constitution of the State. This brings me to a topic, which I approach reluctantly. I would have it expressly understood that my remarks are not in the least degree, to be considered as addressed to that body of" eminent and patriotic men who have been Bent here, to reflect ilie sovereign wiil of My appreciation of their distinguished position, and of my comparative unimportance, ia this connexion, ould of itself, apart from sentiments ot personal 'delicacy, inhibit the remotest interference, on my part, with their exclusive prerogatives. My purpo-e is rather to show the advance made in he political oninions of Maryland, in reference to this question of popular rights. With the subject-matter of reform, which btiongs alone, for the present, to the Convention here assembled, I do not feel at liberty to interfere.

My opinions upon the various leading measures proposed are well known to the people of the State. I have s.tid that Maryland did not remain satisfied with the simple expansion of her physical greatness and power. Sue has, indeed, done what is of far greater import. She has finally established for herself, and given to other States the precedent of her decision, ihp-t the people are above the constitution, and that the majority have the right to govern, b-jeause they have the rigiit and power to prescribe the rule of government. Although it mav be said, and with truth, that the present Convention does not, according to the basis of representation, upon which it was convened, reflect the wiil of a majority of tiirt people of Maryland, yet it must be conceded, I think, (with the alternative of a manifest solecism.) that its very existence is derived from the wiil of the majority, as expressed in the election of May last.

Bat live years sq-o, and we heard the doctrine advocated by many of the most renowned men of the Srtat-r: tiiat. without the previous of the 5t)rh of the Constitution, the very call of a Convention would be overt act of revolurion, and its action null nnd void, even though subsequently sanctioned by the popular approval. It was ex pressly held that the 59th article prescribed the only mode by which the organic law could be altered. On the other hand, it was opposed by some of the reforme-s that, as the authority chanee, er. or abolish their form of troverament was ttuarantied to the people in tne declaration of rights, and inasmuch a Conven'ion was neither prohibited by the Constitution, nor the mode of its organization prescribed.

the Legislature, by virtue of general powers, coiilJ. intkt form of laic, obliearorv ia it? character, provide for tiie assembling r.f such a body, bucii in tiiut-r as puouc opinion seemed to demand. And it was fartasr argued by ethers 'who recu- diated the latetudicarian doctrine of the nan-inhibi ted wers of the Legislature, and contended that tne General AsseniW'- Aiarvl-md nossesses none but strictly delegated powers, which cannot be made to transcend the express, or neeessarilv im plied grants of the tht a Convention, so called, would derive its whole vitality and not from the act cf Assembly, which was purely recommendatory, but emphatically from the original and inh-rent sovereignty of the body politic. through the antecedent decision of the people at the ballot-box, in vo'inst for the call of a Convention; and, secondly, through the ratification of its action by the subsrquent vote of the people, when passin? upon the new Constitution, submitted for their ap proval or rejection. This difl'erenee of opinion amontrst Conventional Reformers, as to the soarceof the authority for the call cf a Convention, did n-jt, however, affect the mtin issue.

The contest was still between the people, whether above or under the bill of righ's. on tiie one side, and the Legislature, sheltered0 behind the phraseology of the article, on the other. The mrij rity principle was distinctly maintained by both divisions of the reform party; who with one accord, contended that the Constitution of Maryland, and that of the federal Governaier.t, differ in this cssentiil particular, namciy, that the latter is a special eontraet of confederacy between separate nnd independent sovereignties, each contracting State being ns fully equstl to the other, as are two distinct natione, who may have farmed treaty of alliance; whereas, the former is bur. a rule of rights and duties, prescribed for the -ood government of a body politic, one and indivisible; and which, though binding, until repealed, is nevertheless, at all times, of necessity, within the power of majority of the people, unless otherwise therein expressly ordained. For myself, I do not hesitate to promulge to the world that I neversought in the (so called) gun ran ties of the declaration of rights, and the ted powers of the Legislature, a sanction for an act which 1 found sufficiently authorised in the republican theory of the absolute sovereignty of the people.

have ever regarded that often quoted passage of the bill of rights, in relation to the power cf the people to alter orab'jhsn their constitution and form government, not as a guaranty of some conceded franchise, but r.s a simple declaration of a pre-ex-istirg nn i indefeasible attribute of sovereign power. The example of many States, in their local governments, and of the United States at the time of the adoption of the federal constitution, nflbrd ample authority to satisfy my judgment. Still, upon either theory advocated by reformers, Maryland may be congratulated for a decided triumph over the contracted views which, during- more than half a century have retarded her political amelioration and kept her fat in the rear of my of her younger sisters in the Union. Even should no practical reforms result from the labors of the present Convention, (which, of course, not sjpposable,) stiil I regard the value of the principle, now established, so great, in view of the possible future, as to hoid the expenses, inconveniences, and even total failure of this first attempt, however in itself deplorable, to be entirely of subordinate importance; for nations, unlike individuals, never die, and can afford to bide their time What one generation loses by folly, another will rcch by the wisdom of experience. And, as Republics rarely, it ever, retrograde in opinion, as lonrr as they preserve a healthy tone in public morals, we have every cause to hope and believe that the precedent set, in the call of the pressnt reform Convention, will have the effect to enlarge the enjoyment of those salutary reforms, which right, justice, and good policy call for; and although they should posaioiy oe doomed to meet wiTn a total or partial disappointment of their reasonable hopes, they cannot forget lo console themselves with the knowledge that tne great battle, in fact, was foHght and won," when the.

Legislature, after a steady resistance of twenty years, finally proir.ulged, and Maryland, by an almost unanimous vote, ratified the doctrine, that the people are not enchained by the SOth article of the Constitution. This is the entering wedge to the future. This is the key to the treasury of popular rights. With this weapon the people will be resistless in all future struggles for the. extension of their privilcf ca.

And it is for this achievement, so full of republican destiny, that I honor and congratulate the. citiz ins of Maryland. Whilst felicitating herself upon the high position which she has attained bv the devotion and resolution of her citizens in the maintenance of the public faith, the development of the powers and resources of the State, and tho establishment of libe ral principles in her political economy, Maryland cannot be an indifferent spectator in the midst of the fcaTful agitations which have threatened, and still may again threaten the resce of the Union. She cannot forget her ancieat. honors and the.

memories of her forefathers. Though inferior in size, population and wealth to many of her younger sis-sisters in the confederacy, she i3 nevertheless entitled, In an eminent degree, to a deferential consideration in this war of passions Her voice should be heard an her counsels respected, for she speaks from the mausoleum of rovolution-iry heroes, whose blood was shed, with equal profusion, upon the bleak hills of the North and the sunny Savannas of the South, to secure a nationality, which the Union alone can prencrve. Though allied to the South iu feeling and interest, by the habits of her people snd the uuie of her domestic institutions, she nevertheless occupies a peculiar pooition, whish should command for her, in this crisis, nn especial weight and influence. Maryland is a border State the immediate link between 'he North nnd the South identified wi'h the itter, yet fi-miliunied, by constant intercourse, with the virt'iea and weaknesses cf trvh Upon her soil r.ere no resting-place for tin uUit'ti'-t or fnii'tc. H-r p-opltr sr6 iralm, de-ltttriv ei4 piWioti-j.

rs'eimtsi tho rpdo Boretts fit'itfeem em tu not giants Pr reE-f-rs-rjrrtJZHSiaj inspired them in council. Surely it is not presumptuous in us to cherish the belief that He will not suffer the wickedness of men to destroy the great work of his own hand, but that he will uphold it, adding daily to its strength and beauty, until, in the consummation of his own benevolent designs, this people shall have filled the nieasure of their high destiny, by the enfriiehisieinent of the human race. Annapolis, January tith, lb51, FURTHER FOREIGX IXTEILI i K.VC1U ST TIIK STEAMER NIA3ARA EN'GLAXD. The American chamber of commerce ia Liverpool, composed principally of Eritish merchants doing business with the United States, gave a sumptuous banquet at the Adelpha Hotel, to Mr. Abbot Lawrence, and the example was promptly followed by Manchester.

Mr. Lawrence made what are termed eloquent and feeling episodes. ITALY. The trial of the members of the Liberal Society, called the United Italians, has been concluded, and six condemned to death, and the ex-minister and five others to 30 years, and the rest to 20 years imprisonment. CHINA.

The news from China, about the rebellion in the South, is quite at variance with recent accounts It was said that the rebels had been destroyed or dispersed. We are now told that the Government troops have been once more defeated, and one or two Mandarines killed. SPAIN. In Spain, Narvaez, after a personal quarrel with the Queen, who affronted him publicly at the Theatre, hag'madejhis peace, and is once more re-instated in power. The Spanish Carlists are intriguing to revive the war in Catalonia, and to prepare for an invasion in the spring.

PRUSSIA. Berlin news to the 16th, and Vienna to the 14th, is received. The dismissal of the Landwar has been aceomp ished quietly, except in one or two of the Pozen provinces of Prussia. Marshal Radetz- Ky has been permitted to leave Vienna by a very kind letter from the Emperor, and will immediately return to Lombardy. GERMAN The German question began to assume a new aspect, inrsmuch ss it is now suspected that the conference to be held at Dres ien.

on the 231 between Austria and Prussia, bodes no good to the smaller German States, who, it is said, are now using energetic measures to form a league of their own. It is said confidently, at Pans, that Gen. La Hitte. the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Lord Palmerston, the British of Foreign Affairs, have entered into an agreement that, if the approaching conferenceat Dresden attempts to make any territorial changes aflecting the arrangements made by the treaty of Vienna, ike French and English governments will interere and prevent them. Passengers per Steamship iagara.

Mrs. Florence Webber, infant and two children; Mrs. Waring, Messrs. Hamstoeff, Hammett. Bassett, Cuahing, Home.

Markland, Stembelger, Saher, Whingt Ster line, Ribon, Harness, Bliss, Weissenborn, Jamson, Marsh, Cohen, Lippincott, Guffor, Cornelius, Fitzgerald, Br ant, White, David, nurseand two children. The Will of McDonosh in Brltimork. W.iilat the triangular fight for the McDonogh property is sfoine on here between the Executors, the State of Louisiana, and the heirs, the municipal government of Baltimore, it appears, has also been thrown into a pretty considerable muss, by the same prolific cause of dispute, dissension, and controversy. Mr. McDonogh's life was one continued lawsuit the dockets of our courts were loaded with his suits, and he seemed to luxuriate in contention.

Re has bequeathed his litigious spirit to bis successors he has communicated to his whole estate the taint of litigiousnes3. No one can have the slightest connection with his estate without being seized immediately with the spirit of disputation and quarrelsomeness. It appears that the Mayor and Council of Baltimore have got at loggerheads respeetirg the morfe of appointing the commissioners for execution of McDonogh's beques-s. The Council claims the scile right to appoint these officers, and the Mayor assert3 hia right to nominate. It is obviously a quarrel for the spoils.

The idea which brought some half a dozen executors from Baltimore out here, at this inclement season of the year, only to be told that at the end of four or five years they will probably receive one hundred and fifty or two hundred dollars compensation for their services, seems to have possessed the Council of Baltimore and the spoilsmen of that city. Now, we will inform our Baltimore friends that they rcay snfely postpone their quarrels for several years. In the present state of this succession, we expect to grow gray and veuerabie in recording its progress. Ve expect to chronicle the enrichment and reiiraey of some half a dozen sheriffs and clerks from the costs incurred in its settlement, before we see this vast property in the hands of those whom Mr. McDonogh has so clearly indicated as his heirs and legatees.

That our readers may keep pace with the progress of this litigation, we will state briefly its present condition. The property of the succession is at present in the hands of the Executors. The State of Louisiana, through the Attorney General, has obtained an order to sequestrate the property in the hands of the Sheriff of Orleans. The object of this movement is to keen the property oat of the United States Court. The Executors oppose this order, desiring to keep the property in their own hands, and have moved to set aside the sequestration; but Judge Buchanan has in timated pretty clfltrr that he will not grant their motion.

If he refus-s, the matter will be curried to the Supreme Court, and when it gets np here, the Counsel for the heirs, who are prosecuting their rights in the United States Circuit Court, will come with a suggestion, tnat tne wnoie caEe, with an the piipperty, be handed over to the United States Court. When it gets safely within the precincts of this tribunal, we mjy expect the matter to be determined about tne time that the children who were intended to be benefited by the accumulations of the old millionaire, have reached mart's estate. New Orleans DtUa. Jenny Lind's Wealth. A correspondent of the Home Journal has written a short article which is going the rounds of the papers stating that Jenny Lind's wealth amounts to Now we have the following facts from a reverend gentleman who knew her well in Sweden, and to whom both in Europe and America she has imparted with the most childlike confidence every particular in relation to her pecuniary affairs, as well as to Iter future prospects and intentions.

Jenny Lind has neither a sister nor a brother living. She lost a sister some years figo, but never had a brother, notwithstanding the numberless stories to the contrary which have been circulated. Her parents are both living in quiet and retirement at her native city, Stockholm, being supported by an adequate sum put aside for that specific purpose by an affectionate daughter. Jenny Lind's annual income from property which she has laid by, is less than six thousand dollars, (not so much as she could make at a single concert.) and she is fully determined never to increase it, for every farthing of her income and earnings above what she expends for her own personal wants is voted to The whole of the funds received from her American engagement, are set aside for the establishment of Common Schools in Sweden, and it is her intention to devote her personal services to the supervision ana inspection of these schools. Her reverend and venerable friend once said to her "Miss Lind, I think that you should have a large annual income secured to you, that you might be prepared in case you should lose your voice." "In that event" she replied, "one sixth of my pre sent income would support me well in Sweden, and at all events, it is as raucn as any person with proper feelings ought to expend in a year.

So I am still left five thousand dollars per annum for charitable purposes." A woman witn suen a neart, would indeed be wealthy if she possessed not a dollar in the world N. Y. Sun. Singular Circumstance. On Monday evening week, a widow lady, named Smith, residing at the South End, who has been sick a short time with pleurisy, apparently died, and preparations were begun to fit the body for burial.

During the night, however, signs of life were discerned, aud she ultimately came too, and lived untii Thursday night, when she really died. After her revival, she discoursed with her daughters, telling them that the should die, and giving them directions about their mourning. Dr. Perry, hearing of the circumstance, called upon her, and upon leaving said that he would call again the next morning. She replied, however, that she should not thcu be alive, and she did die during the night.

iJo'lrm Editors Gettins Down. The Speaker of the Massachusetts Senate, Mr. Henry Wilson, was lately editor of the Boston Republican. The Clerk of the Senate, Chauncey L. Knapp, was editor of the Lowell American.

The Clerk of the House, Lewis Josselyn, vas formerly editor of the Bay State Democrat, published in Boston, and is now editor of the Bay State, published in Lynn. All these men possess talents of a high order, and are understood to be men of correct habits; what in the duce could have knocked them down so suddenly, is more thdn we shall attempt to guess. Posiibly disappointment in love affairs may be at the bottom Cf it. Sentences -tor the Dorchester as Mtlton Bank Robbery. On Friday, at Dedham, Jack Wade, on the charge of robbing the Dorches-ter and Milton Bank of about 832,000, was sentenced to the State Prison for sixteen years, the first seven days to be solitary.

John A. Brooks for receiving a part of the stolen money, was sentenced to "three years in the State Frison. Wsde is by birth an Eusrlishman, but has for the past few years resided Ci the city of Philadelphia. Brooks hails from Providence. TELHt-RAFH for California The Senate, the other, day, received the petition of Josiari Snow, A.

Fangs, and associates, of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, for subscription or donation of 8300,000, in aid of a telegraph line from the Mississippi to California, to be finished in 13 rnontta from the passage of the bill; it was referred. BcsrotM enioys a very prcfitatla trd with Hay-ti. Lust vcar 145 vetsels at Boetca frcat flarti Ihsv hire 'trees ia the ccntiaa ascc Oi peace oa ths Islaaa. Southern imDetuositv can move her temperate peo ple from the even tenor of their way in the plain path of duty. And, apart from their natural temperament, which leads to calmness nnd wisdom in this fierce sectional strife, Mary landers are not unconscious of the terrible certainty that, should fratricidal folly and wickedness plunge this nation into civil war, their State must be the battle-ground for contending armies of Cain-lite and God-accursed destroyers.

Let Maryland, then, speak the word of wise counsel and brotherly conciliation. Let her speak, plainly, the unvarniohed truth; that traitors may be abashed, and unreflecting patriots may arouse their energies, in time to save the country. Although, no man, whatever may be his political position, for the time, can presume to speak for the people of a State, yet, if I may be flowed the expression of my individual opinion, I would say that, the people of Maryland will value the Union, beyond all other temporal blessings, so long as they regard it aa conducive to perfect freedom, and the accomplishment of our national destinies. Bat, it cannot be supposed that the confederacy, alone, is the beginning and the end of our hopes and affections. It is but the means through which we aim at the attainment of a defined object; and that Is, the promotion of a national happiness, and a national would be unattainable to any one or more of the States, less than the whole, if organized into a separate republic.

How can such results be reached? By intersectional jealousies? By injustice? By the rude oppression of brute force, or the still more offensive tyranny of legislation, which cannot be peaceably resisted by the oppressed? Certainly not. No Union of republican States can possibly stand upon such a foundation. The arch of this federal constitution must forever rest upon the mutual confidence and love cf the whole people; or, we shall see it crumble into the dust before the eyes of rejoicing Kings and amidst the lamentations of hopeless humanity 1 Shall it be said that it is inchoate moral treason, to weigh the chances of the continuance of this Union, and to deliberate upon its end and its value The day for such dangerous timidity has passed. Would to God that the whole nation was still governed by "(he instinrts of old reverence," that the name of Washington had become a political Mythe or apotheosis and that the constitution, like the tables of the Mosaic law, was beyond the impious daring of proiaae criticism iiien, indeed, tnis would be a Repubhcof confederated hearts, where the impulses ot a sublimated nature wouid supercede the government of cold and calculating reason. But that day, if ever it existed, has been numbered with the past; for, fanaticism and treason have precipitated the crisis, and it is now tiie duty of all men, approaching the tass with spirits purified by the in-culctttiohs of a rationnl patriotism, to look fearlessly into that terrible abyss of disunion and ruin, from which a distinguished American once prayed that the veil might never be withdrawn.

Ay, let it be withdrawn Let us look into it, and view its horrors. Let us scan its inmost gloom. Let every bleeding fragment of the giant Republic, hurled into the depths, speak to us from its wounds, with more touching eloquence than the mute appeal of Citsar's wounds to the Roman people. Then, tell the nation whnt it is that can accomplish this their destruction. Let it be known that it is possible, and how it is possible; and men will recoil from he perpetration or the countenancirg of th.OEe things which lend on to the appalling issue.

I he heaviest curse oi mankind must tall upon those, whose action or inaction shall cause the dis- soiuuon of this conf.deracy. nevertheless, to dis sect the possible causes which may lead to such a disaster, is not the foreshadowing of treason, but a hign patriotic duty; and to counsel with one another upon our mutual obligations, is not to familiarize the public mind with the crime of disunion, but ruber to strengthen the popular veneration for the confederacy, by an intelligent appreciation of its blessings. It is evident that the compromises and guaran ies of 'ne constitution mast be observed with entire faithfulness. It is evident that the mi nority of the Statee, and of the people, must be as- ured of protection from the arcitrary legislative rule of the majority, by a strict adherence to the original terms of the federal compact, as long as it is the recognised organic law of the land. It ia evident that the moral power of the ir.ajority- tes must be incited to the suppression cf that ic3alting- and lawless spirit of crusade which has characterised abolitionism, especially of late years; and which has not only rendeied the property of Southern men insecure, but has threatened the safety of their firesides, and exasperated their personal an 1 sectional pride of character.

It should not be foreotten that, in the compromise bills of the 1 st session of Congress, tiie South has, in fact, yielded ever, thing. She has surrendered he public domain, w.n a very riifproportionate degree, by her blood and by the common treasure of tiie entire nation. She in return, received no-thins: but the fugitive slave act, which is merely tiie fe-affirm-anee and practical enforcement of a "isrht origin -Hy secured to her by the constitution. Whatever may be the opinions of the North as to tne abstract question of African slavery, it cannot be doubted that it ia the duty of all good citizens to obey the constitution and laws of the land. And when, in addition to this plain dictate of duty, the great inequality of the compromise measures is considered, surely our Northern bretflren cannot fail to see that the South has already contributed her fail quota of concession and conciliation, and that the future responsibility of the crisis must rest with the North.

I speak upon the hypothesis that the South, on her part, continue faithful to the compromise. And who can doubt it? Has not the conservative patriotism cf the Southern Unionists triumphed over the enemies of the Union so far? lias not the South submitted to ninny aggressions and much villification? Has she not smothered her indignation, and, with her heart in her hand, come forward to lay upon the alttir of the Republic her wrongs and grievances, as so many holocausts, to ''Libtriy and Union!" What if h'-r Hotspurs have threatened and her mad-men raved? Were there not wisdom and loyalty enough found, from Maryland to Texas, to elude the treason and to bind Bp trie fury of such men? I say that the South will do her duty. But it wiil not now suffice to cry out, "the Union, and nothing but the Union;" it is much more import int that those things should be done, upon the deirig of which the Union depends. I may here farther observe that the acts by'which the claims of the South were compromised, have gone into decisive operation, and could only be resisted by overt rebellion on her -part: whereas, the fugitive slave act, which was the only compromise measure (if such it can justly be called) acceded to by the North, as her share of mutual concessions is operating, and to operate daily, weekly and for years; and may be nullified by fanatics and traitors, though comparatively few in number, through su-pineness, indifference, or possibly, a lack of "moral courage on the part of the great mass of Northern Unionists. Hence, 1 give it as my mort earnest and painful conviction, that the Union will be put in imminent jeopardy by any such dereliction of our northern brethren; whilst 1 am confident that the main body of our.southern peeple would rest entirely satisfied upon the basis of the compromise, with the assurance, however, emphatically given, not only by pnblic men, but, above all, by the altered tone of northern sentiment, that, henceforth, we shall rest unmolested in our constitutional rights, beneath our own vine and fig tree.

I am not unmindful of the recent demonstrations at the north in favor of the compromise. 1 have wisnessed, with infinite satisfaction, the bold patriotism of those who had the courage to stem the torrent of fasaticism in its widest and deepest channels. I am disposed to think that the general sentiment of the north is sound. We are told so by her leading statesmen, and we must believe it to be so. But, the practical question is, shall northern patriotism be active or passive? Will it organize its strength and preserve the Union by a rigid enforcement of southern lights, guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws, or will it endanger the Union by oermitting those rights to be violated with impunity? The answer to this question will most emphatically express the solution of the problem, "how long can this Union Let but the spirit of tiie illustrious Cass and Webster prevail at the North let it be embodied into resolute action and the powers of the earth can never shake one stone from the noble edifice which our fathers built and cemented with their blood.

And shall it not be so? When the giants of the land, who have grown grey inpartizan contests, on the hustings and in the halls of legislation, come out before the eyes of Christendom, and shaking hands over the grave of Washington, merge all ancient feuda in ttieir higher devotion to the Constitution and the Union when intellects, which have flashed athwart each other's fiery orbit of the fierce giarc of comets, now softened by a new and more earnest instinct of patriotism, radiate a oom-micaled light, for the guidance of a nation, whose footstep, like that of unconscious childaood, is straying carelessly alone the giddy edge of the precipice when millions of hearts, long estranged by the bitter rivalrv of parties are clustering together, drawn by the attraction of a common peril oh! where is the man, so petrified nnd embeded in prejudice, or so blinded by passion as to pollute the air with the breath of a treason? The voice of 4that maH will never awaken the echoes of the western nius oi oia wary-land, nor mar the melody of the waves that lave her southern shores. Maryland, united and loj-al, will stand rue to the Constitution. The malediction ot posterity shall not rent upon a child of her's. Neither shall the curse of her dead Sires be heard in the night-winds, uttering the everlasting "woe" against him, whose parricidal hand planted the dagger in the heart of his country. Should the dire calamities of disunion and civil war fall upon this nation, in punishment of its ingratitude for the singular favors cf Divine Providence heretofore conferred upon it should the hopes of mankind perish with the dismemberment of a Republic, brought to destruction (as these United States can only be) by its own crimes, in contempt of the solemn mission which it has received as the peaceful regenerator of the social and political condition of man let the blood be upon the hands of the guilty! Maryland, with the blessing of God, shall ptesriveber conscience untarnished by the crane of this high treason to the cause of humanity.

But let us hope for better things. Let us truet that wisdom, iastiee. and lave cf country will pre-vai Noi-th and Stuth. Let us relr with an karsbte hops ths more of that sU-'-vis-? aed ficis', turn the eai fathers i Uw. ifcUihsid aiii hose waioia Mr the bay-shore." The inauguration of the Governor took place to.

day. The Governor was sworn in by Chancelor Johnson, in the Senate chamber, in the presence of the members of the Reform Convention, and a large concourse of citizens snd tranrers large number of ladies present. The Governor, after taking the usual oath of office, delivered sn ad-drees to the dense crowd in attendance, and was ifl terrupted by occasional bursts of epplause. After t.ha ceremonies. Gov.

Lowe vtmm ICU to the Governor's Chamber, in the State Honse, and entered upon the duties of his office. Thomas H. iem, of redenck, was thereupon appointed Secretary of State, and the usual oath of office was I administered by James H. Hunter, Esq. i It is understood that the Messenger to the Ex-j Governor, Mr.

Adam Miller, will be retained. The steamer Cambridge brought a large number of persons from Baltimore to attend the inauguration. They had music, and with the firing of cannon, the floating of the stripes and star I from the dome of the State House, the busy stir of persons, snd the flashing display of beauty, taste I and fashion, on the part of the ladies, (stranger and resident.) yon msy reasonably suppose this to have been a gala day in the metropolis of Maryland. The retiring Governor, having vacated the Govern-I ment house, was waited upon at his quarters at the City Hotel by the citizens generally and many strangers. He leaves in the cars this afternoon for i Baltimore.

I Gov Lowe, after remaining a short time in hi public department, (where many perBons, cf both parties, shook hands with him,) received the visits of those who choose to call on him at the Govern ment house. I Mr. Hopewell, member of tfce Reform Conven-' tion, had his pocket picked of about eighty dollars. in ii uuu ivf-uaj iur. ineison, oi me conven- tion, from Harford, also had his pocket picked, but fortunate for him the removal of deposits added but little to the abstractor.

The proposed convention on the subjeet of public Bchools did not assemble, from some unknown reason. H. Anthracite v. Ct-ubbrland Coal The Philadelphia North American, in giving its lafe coal statistics of Pennsylvania, took the ground that it has "been satisfactorily demonstrated that anthracite coal is superior to any known fuel for the purpose of generating steam." It asserted, in proof thereof, that the steamship Pacific, in her wel known trip across the Atlantic the quickest on record used anthracite coal alone, and that it is now used in all of Collins' steamers, in all of our coast steamers, and in nearly all of the ferry boats and steamers of the eastern rivers. To the whole of this tte Cumberland Civilian very properly excepts expressing its surprise that such statements should be made, and says: "Now we most solemnly enter our protest against the acceptance by the public of these statements as facts.

We thought it was so notorious as to be known to every one that the owners of the Collins line of steameis, after having fairly tested the anthracite, have totally discontinued its use whenever tiiey can obtain the Cumberland ccal. We supposed it vas equally well known that the steamer Pacific returned from her speedy voyage across the Atlantic with eleven different busters on her boilers, in consequence of which her owners abandoned the u- of antlnacite, and have since employed none other than the bituminous coal of the Cumberland region. We imagined, moreover, it was understood tiiat the English steamer Atlantic, after a trial of me anthracite, gave it up tor the avowed reason that sufficient steam could not be raised by its agency. We thought, too, that every one was aware of tne fact that tne Cunard, Collins, Livingston, and other lu.es of ocean steamers, are now using the coal of the Cumberland region to the exclusion of the anthracite and every other kind; and that the. manufacturers of glass and iron at New York, Brooklyn, Boston and el3cwhere, now use and prefer it to any other fuel.

These facts we have been lead to believe were too well established to leave a doubt as to the superiority of the Cumberland ooal. We have been informed, upoH high authority, that the reason why the Cumberland coal has not come into universal use is because, hitherto, there has been a difficulty in obtaining, at all times, the amounts required for steaming purposes. The time, however, is near at hand when the supply will be equal to the demand, and then itwill take its proper place in the markets of the world." Our Firemen in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Ledger, of yesterday, gives the following account of the "last hours" spent by rhe Watchman Fire Company of Baltimore, in that city on Saturday evening, on their return from N. York: "Though having but a few hours to remain in the city, the Vigilant Engine Company, accompanied by the Washington Brass Band, escorted the strangers through many of our streets, and during the evening entertained them with a bountiful collation spread by R.

B. Jones, at the Exchange Hotel, Dock street. The company, about 150 in number, including many invited guests, spent a couple of hours very deilghtfully, intermingled with speeches and toasts of the most enthusiastic character. John Kettiewell and Mabury Turner, President and Marshal of the Watchman, delivervd speeches, rehearsing the hospitalities heaped upon them in York and this city, and making suitable acknowledgments therefor. An enthusiastic Union speech was delivered by Daniel Dougherty, of the Vigilant, and Col.

Small was called out by a toast offered by Mr. Turner, styling him "the gallant soldier of the Keystone State." In his remarks he felicitated the company upon the frequent interchange of hospitalities by the firemen of large cities, as serving to keep alive the brotherly feelings that should be felt by all the citizens of onr common Union. Such reciprocities tended to brighten the links of the Federal compact, and render it as enduring as adamant. Col. Florence and William Moran also made some appropriate remarks; after which, the guests, escorted by their entertainers, proceeded to the railroad depot to embark for homo." The Tariff.

Mr. Benton, in introducing his bill for accelerating the sales of public lands, took ground for a change in the tariff system, by substituting specific for ad valorem dutieB. He said he had been in favor of specifics in 1846, but gave way in deference to the wishes of friends. The Boston Post (Dsm.) says: Mr. Corwin's report is concisely written, and parts of it well put together.

Though its recommendations sound moderate, yet its argument attacks the principles of the tariff of 1846. The third proposition for an alteration of the tariff is as follows: III. If neither of the foregoing changes shall be thought proper, then it ia deemed highly necessary that the present rates of duties should be increased on a great variety of articles which it will be found could ber such increase with the most salutary effects upon both trade and revenue. On this the Pennsylvanian as sound a Democratic, iournal as there is in the Union remarks that it "comes within the range of Secretary Walker's recommendation, and will, we hone, meet with favor." Stocks. Much excitement prevails in the New York Stock market, and during last week prices advanced very considerably.

The Express of Saturday says "There is no appearance of any giving way. The rise in Canton has been full 10 per cent, in one week, and there is no abatement in the demand for the stock. These great advances remind us of the old-fashioned times of speculation. The United States government stocks are steadily rising, and. yet afford, a fair maxim for shipment to the Euro-naan markets.

The variations since the close of Friday's first board are as Hudson River Railroad advanced 3 per cent Indiana Canal a Erie Railroad 2X; Stonintrton Rail road Erie Income Bonds and Canton Company, csch 1 Erie Bonds (new) and Morris Canal eac 1- Farmers' Loan Pennsylvania 's, Reading and Harlem Railroads, each Portsmouth Dry Dock 13 8- United States 6's of 1867, Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, (full) and Norwich and Worcester Railroad, each Trace with Africa. The administration has, it is saiu, ct.uiAi"- ins Eastern coast of Africa, immediately on ths eqUa- tor, and has despatched, of soon will despatch, Mr-; Richard Lee, cf New represent our interests there. Mr. Lee's residence will probably be Jubt. tCEPEAi-iris sA-ie.

-u amenumenc wa F-, U. 1 UnanilUOUBiy eiuoo.tl IU l-ow -A -r i vention, giving tne Jegieiature power 10 aner, amend or" repeal all corporate charters. A resolution to put the amendments to the people I-jepa-rately has been adopted. The Cochituate at East Boston. The water was let into the Eagle Hill reservoir at Boston on the 1st inst.

More formal ceremonies to commemorate the event will take place in June next Thwa conveyed across Charles river at War- wn A- 1 I migrants the year 18S0 there arrived at Boston 30.075 immigrants. About 20,000 of this number were from Ireland. There have also r-rived bv railroad about ten thousand, chiefly from British Frovmces. jnjbw Brunswick. The6 are six fef-t of snoi in some parts of the province, and sight feet ia others, rendering the almost impossible The winter is tht severest thai has tten known for ox-l Tears FersU-ticir Fai2as CiWti" A.

silts hat.stltfis mineral treasures. For, who can weigh power ot inc people, in a more signal manner, here-tita mountains, and cstimUe their value? Who after. Whilst, therefore, the people yearn for the shall set lim'ts to the hidden stores of nature: From her hijrhett peak her very foundations, Al-leaany county is icilth! Sue is the undeveloped treasury of the State; and the Chesapeake and Ohio CaLal must be. her mj.in distributing artery. The other lesser, yet highly important works of internal improvement, already begin to feel the i-npulse prosperity, and will, no doubt, through the intelligent managinicnt of their respective directors, ultimately realize the hopes of the people.

riius, Mriryi-ni: ins reason tor gratuiaiion. it an argument, beyond the stern obligations of f'uty, was requited to induce her to continue her tax system, as lar as it may appear necessary ior mc entire preservation of the public faith, it could be found in he present condition, ard the certain purposes of her great works. Whilst, therefore, I shall lend everv aid to reduce the burdens of taxation, where-ever' and whenever ach reduction jg manifestly eompat'ble with our obligations, I shall likewise regard it as my first duty to co-operate with the Legislature and tho people, in niaintalnins the honor, dignity and integrity of the State. But, Maryland, ever true to the spirit of her history, from the days, when the bob! energy of her Pi'griin-fathers first hewed down the primeval forest, to ''the. times that tried men's souls" in the crucible of the revolution, has not remained Batis-ned with the simple expansion of her physical greatness snd power.

It was not enough to build railroads, and to dig canals. Essential us it is to minister to the material wants of men, there in loftier dutv which a nation owes to itself and toman-kind That duty has been, in an especial manner, iiupofed by Divine Providence upon the people of this Union, and of each State thereof. It is, indeed their l.ii-h commission; and, according to the measure of their faithfulness in the discharge of its obligations, will be meted outto them the blessingsof national prosperity. As the privilege of their mission is gt-af, sj would the penalties of their dere-lietjon be momentous. It is the destiny of this nation, by wisdom and justice, to ameliorate the institutions of Society, as far as the inherent impe.rfecti- bility of humtn nature win aunnr.

or. i ins is my belief; f-i, I am nt disposed to attribute Eole'7 to tttri virtue as.ivin.ii?irel sariry men the es-irsoriin-trv wlifcrt fc sjiies'lei tint Rs-pub- ficce ti hov cf it loan: ft is not ni. ifiti lhat we ejijf the 'iHiiauiiUies of.